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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week: CEO Rich Barton dished on Zillow's ambitions for what it calls “Real Estate 2.0” on CNBC. Here's what agents should know.

Last week, we surveyed readers for their best handlers for when buyers ask: "Why do I have to offer more?" The top strategies readers offered included reminding buyers that the cost isn't an immediate out-of-pocket expense, pushing the FOMO button and pointing to data to make your case with gun-shy buyers.

New research shows that more and more unmarried couples are living together, so real estate agents need to be prepared to work with these types of clients.

With some patience and strategic marketing, the perfect buyers could come down your clients' chimneys just in time for Christmas. Here are some pros and cons to discuss with your sellers before taking listings off the market.

Rents are rising faster than inflation and there is unlikely to be a "significant softening of rental markets."

Home prices grew by 3.5 percent in October and are expected to rise by 5.4 percent by the same time next year, according to CoreLogic.

Audience Town's programmatic advertising services receive boost from MathCapital and two new executives for the development of user-interfaces and APIs.

The Zillow-owned search portal is facing a lawsuit from a broker over its advertising business.

A set of nine Bahamian islands 70 miles off the coast of Florida and once visited by Richard Nixon have been listed for $29.9 million.

Zipi's API helps power SkyZip, an application built from Zipi's real estate accounting systems and SkySlope's transaction platform.

No matter where you are in your career, the right book can fundamentally change the way you approach your business. This is especially true when it comes to marketing, where new ideas are crucial for success. We asked top-producing Sotheby’s International Realty agents about the books they’ve turned to for inspiration

Successful CEOs bring a unique energy and purpose that effectively pave the way to corporate success or create its downfall. But don’t take our word for it. Take a cue from an unsuspecting source: Ebenezer Scrooge.

What makes a runner in a race strive to run harder and faster? Peer pressure, that’s what. Without the other runners, there is little for a single sprinter to achieve except perhaps a personal best time. It takes other competitors running shoulder-to-shoulder to rev up the blood pressure and spark that drive in an individual in order to bring out their very best.

It’s hard to believe that another decade has come and gone. Y2K is two decades in the rearview mirror, the Great Recession is now ten years past. We have been witness to the recovery of the housing market; the growth of low-fee model brokerages; the emergence of iBuyers; and the rise of tech-driven… everything.

Each week, we talk to agents across the country about what they’ve learned along the way (and what they wish they had known as new agents). This week, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Shawn Britt has learned to roll with the changes, whether it’s a career change or a market shift.